Class Table

The periodic table object.

Instance Methods

__init__(self)
Set up the object.

add(self, Z=None, symbol=None, name=None)
Add an element to the table.

str lookup_z_to_symbol(self, Z=None)
Return the atomic symbol corresponding to the atomic number.

Method Details

add(self, Z=None, symbol=None, name=None)

Add an element to the table.

Parameters:

• Z (int) - The atomic number.
• symbol (str) - The atomic symbol.
• name (str) - The chemical element name.

lookup_z_to_symbol(self, Z=None)

Return the atomic symbol corresponding to the atomic number.

Parameters:

• Z (int) - The atomic number.

Returns: str

The atomic symbol.